The Secret Base docks.
The recently hijacked Aquarius was now covered in a layer of silvery-white metal, with parts of it already beginning to disappear.
Nie Yun watched the Mechanical Insects devouring the Aquarius and nodded in satisfaction.
After just a few days of growth, the Mechanical Insects' total mass had exceeded 3,000 tons.
According to the figures Nie Yun had specifically compiled over the past two days, the ratio of steel consumed to new Mechanical Insects produced was roughly two to one. In other words, about two tons of steel could produce nearly one ton of Mechanical Insects.
With the Aquarius and its nearly ten thousand tons of steel, the Mechanical Insects should officially reach the ten-thousand-ton mark once they finished devouring it.
The underwater base was largely complete, and the underwater robots' collection range had expanded to hundreds of kilometers around it. Nie Yun's Mechanical Insect army was swelling as rapidly as an inflating balloon.
Behind him, however, in stark contrast to this vigorous growth, two humanoid creatures wearing Mech Cops suits lay sprawled on the ground.
Their full-face visors were open, their eyes were still spinning, and their faces were bruised and swollen from the impacts. They were also covered in vomit that gave off a revolting stench.
Nie Yun turned around and looked at the two brothers in misery, amusement flickering in his eyes.
With a thought, a silvery-white fire hose suddenly shot out of the sea and blasted the two of them, washing them clean from head to toe.
"Aah!" The seawater finally jolted them somewhat awake. Clutching their heads and groaning, they staggered to their feet.
A high-powered blower appeared beside them and blasted them with a roaring gust. Moments later, two clean, dry, exemplary employees once again stood before Nie Yun. Well... their